Peter Gordon & Love Of Life Condo Vinyl

• wydawca: Foom
• nr katalogowy: CDFM011
• format: 12"
• PŁYTA NOWA, ZAFOLIOWANA
• NAKŁAD LIMITOWANY 300 SZT.

T R A C K L I S T A

A1. Condo

A2. Neighbours

A3. Candy Store

B1. East Village

B2. Condominium

Foom presents the new Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra EP, Condo.

"Condo" (the title song) is a little-known gem from Peter Gordon's catalog,

pairing David Van Tieghem's motorik drum programming and found

percussion with the transparent and vibrato-free vocals of Rebecca

Armstrong (Armstrong was also a member of Steve Reich's ensemble, and

contributed vocals to the definitive ECM recordings of Steve Reich's Music

For 18 Musicians, and Tehillim). Prior to them working together, Nik Colk

Void (of Factory Floor) wrote to Gordon that: "(Condo) completely catches

my personality and when I feel disillusioned or need comfort, I always put it

on, and it makes me feel good and strong." Their correspondence

culminated in the Peter Gordon & Factory

Floor collaboration, Beachcombing.

The EP is comprised of a remastered version of the title track, "Condo"

(which originally appeared on 1981's Casino EP), along with 3 previously

unreleased tracks from the same 1981 sessions. "Neighbors" uses “Condo”

as its foundation, with Peter Gordon's solo on top; “Candy Store” sees the

full band iteration of the Love of Life Of Orchestra, including Rebecca

Armstrong on vocals, Fred Maher on guitar and Bill Laswell on bass; "East

Village" relies only on synthesizers and electronic percussion, with a chorale

layered upon a deep groove. The EP closer, "Condominium," is a nod to

those DJs who would play the title track at a slower tempo. The EP’s titles

are a comment on the gentrification of NYC’s East Village, which began in

the early 1980’s and continues to this day, driving out low-income residents,

including artists, writers and musicians, such as Gordon, Van Tieghem and

Armstrong.

[Background: In 1981, Peter Gordon joined up with video artists Kit

Fitzgerald and John Sanborn to form Antarctica, a label devoted to releasing

new video music work. The Bologna-based Expanded Records label

released the CASINO EP (on which Condo originally appeared) with the

Antarctica imprimatur, in 1982. Gordon and Van Tieghem returned to

Aquarius Studios in Geneva in (where they had recorded Peter Gordon &

Love Of Life Orchestra's Genevaalbum the year before). Some of the tracks

from the Geneva II sessions appear on the Antarctica videos, NEW MUSIC

FROM ANTARCTICA LP and CASINO. The Antarctica label was unable to

sustain itself, however, which left a few tracks from the Geneva II sessions

unreleased until now.]